With special guests Roy Acuff, Gov. Lamar Alexander, Bill Anderson, Chet Atkins, Bobby Bare, Anita Carter, Helen Carter, June Carter Cash, Mother Maybelle Carter, Jack Clement, David Allan Coe, Danny Davis, Kirk Douglas, Peter Falk, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Tom T. Hall, Sonny James, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Grandpa Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Brenda Lee, Charlie Louvin, Steve Martin, Anne Murray, the Oak Ridge Boys, Dolly Parton, Johnny Paycheck, Minnie Pearl, Carl Perkins, Jeannie C. Riley, Earl Scruggs, Billy Joe Shaver, Kate Smith, the Statler Brothers, Ray Stevens, Dottie West and Don Williams.